thumbscrew

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A screw that is designed to be turned with the thumb and fingers, thus requiring no screwdriver or spanner (wrench).
2. isim An instrument of torture used to crush the fingers.

   “To ensure good behavior, the slaveholder relies on the whip; […] to imbrute and destroy his manhood, he relies on the whip, the chain, the gag, the thumb-screw, the pillory, the bowie-knife, the pistol, and the blood-hound.”

3. isim A weakness that can be taken advantage of.

   “Law 33: Discover Each Man's Thumbscrew ― Robert Greene, The 48 Laws of Power”